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By: Annabel Raw On 23 July 2015, the Botswana Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in an appeal against a High Court decision of August 2014 in which the government’s policy refusing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign prisoners was declared unlawful and unconstitutional, and the government was ordered to provide …» Read More

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SALC is working with the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and AIDS (BONELA) to challenge the Botswana government’s policy of refusing HIV treatment to non-citizen prisoners. Currently, citizen prisoners are entitled to free HIV treatment. In addition, the government provides non-citizen prisoners with treatment for opportunistic infections, such as tuberculosis. …» Read More

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By: Annabel Raw On 23 July 2015, the Botswana Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in an appeal against a High Court decision of August 2014 in which the government’s policy refusing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to foreign prisoners was declared unlawful and unconstitutional, and the government was ordered to provide …» Read More